Harry was feeling so much better! It was October and he could stay awake longer and wasn't in as much pain. The leaves were really working. He'd of course asked what it was and had looked for every book he could find on it. He'd told Severus all about it in his letters and stressed how he and Sirius missed him and couldn't wait for him to join them. The house was really fun. Sirius taught Petunia and Dudley magic while they helped the elves clean up and deal with all the animals that infested the place. He got to tag along and watch. He enjoyed it. Of course he spent most of his time reading and playing video games with Dudley. They also watched t.v. and played board games and other things.
Today was the day that Draco and Charlie were moving in. He was out in the vast yard watching everyone getting a Herbology lesson when the two lovebirds appeared and walked through the wards as if they weren't even there. He waved and the two came up to him
"Should you be out? " Charlie asked, "I mean aren't you still sick?"
"I am but the Goblins gave me a cure." he replied, "I'm just about to go back inside. I'm only supposed to be out side for an hour and while it's hilarious to watch Tuny freak out over the dirt I'm getting a little weak and nauseous. "
"Lets go in then." Draco pushed the chair into the house. "Do you have house-elves?"
"Master is calling Zinky." an elf asked popping up. "Tinky is being in charge but is only listening to Master Harry. You is being Master...? "
"I'm Draco Malfoy." Draco said a little shocked at the elf. " and this is my husband Charlie Weasley. We'll be living here for the foreseeable future."
"Zinky is be taking your things."
"Wow , " Charlie breathed, with a chuckle."I've never had house-elves to take care of me before."
"Don't get spoiled." Harry laughed, "Sirius is used to it and forgets sometimes to be nice and thank them." He gave them a look saying that this was their only warning. "These are Potter elves. MY elves. They will be treated nicely. They will be thanked for their every action no matter how mundane and they will not punish themselves. "
"Right." Draco nodded, "So basically don't treat them like my father would treat them."
"Correct." Harry nodded, "We have an elf here you will be familiar with." Draco cocked an eye brow."Dobby!"
"Master Harry is calling Dobby and Winky?" Two elves had appeared. "We is working for Master Harry?"
"Dobby!" Draco said, "Wow, I thought your magic would have died out by now. Where have you been working?"
"Master Draco." Dobby greeted keeping a depressed Winky from falling over. " Dobby has been working at Hogwarts but is not liking it there. Master Harry is promising to call Dobby and Dobby is hoping he call Winky as well."
"I'll take you both." Draco said he was squatting and had gotten Winkey's attention. " Now you'll have to abide by the House rules so Harry will explain those and this is my Husband Charlie Weasley."
"You is taking Winkey even though she is being freed?"
"From what I heard it wasn't your fault you were freed." Draco replied, "So why not? And I know why Dobby wanted free and don't blame him so I'd be glad to take you both."
Winky threw herself on Draco and cried out her happiness. Draco was at a loss on what to do but Dobby mimicked patting her bag so Draco did that until Winky had calmed down. He then ordered her, very nicely , to clean up and lay off the Butterbeer for awhile. He quickly bound them to him and Charlie then sent them off to unpack for them and thanking them. Charlie assured them that he too was grateful but in shock because he'd never had a House-elf before. Winky seemed to like him.
Harry was praying to the porcelain god again. Sirius was holding him and rubbing his back. While he was getting better he was still got sick a lot. At Severus' order they had stopped the Muggle treatment in favor of the Goblin Treatment. Someone knocked on the bathroom door and they were both shocked to see Severus.
Harry pushed away from the toilet and stumbled his way over to the man. Severus caught him and hugged him. Sirius joined the hug and sure enough Harry let out a sigh of relief. After being apart for so long they could feel the bond calming down and settling.
"I need to ask you to do something for me, Harry-love." Severus said as they lay in bed a few minuets later. Harry was laying across his chest with Sirius holding him from behind. Harry opened his eyes. "I did some research the Dark Mark can be removed by Parsaltongue. "
"Oh, okay." Harry moved so he could hold Severus' left forearm and see the mark he began hissing. Magic built around them and Harry faintly heard Sirius yelling for him to stop and Severus bellowing that he didn't know that the magic would build up like this and he was so stupid. Finally, the magic exploded and the mark vanished. Harry yawned , smiled lazily and stretched out like a cat. "That felt good and now Sev can stay with us forever and never go away."
He curled up across Sev's chest again and was soon fast asleep.
"Maybe he needed to use his magic." Severus whispered. Playing in Sirius' hair absently. "I did say we would start teaching him magic again."
"Yes, but not so much so fast." Sirius growled, "If he gets sicker I'm kicking you out of our bed until he's better again."
Severus smirked to himself. He'd probably end of fleeing the house if he'd made his little Harry hurt again. Because he knew the guilt would eat at him. He'd wanted to be free so much and he'd heard how well Harry had been doing that he'd come a whole two months before planned because he was fed up with his life as a spy and Dumbledore was going off the deep end. He'd finally found out Harry was gone too and had gone into full panic mode. He'd just been doing clean up and diversion when Sirius, Petunia and Dudley vanished, He hadn't figured out he wasn't getting his hands on Draco just because he was married to Charlie yet he thought he would get both of them but he was going to flip when he found out Severus was gone. After all Severus was the only one high enough in the Dark Lord's ranks to give him any information.
Severus kissed Harry's forehead. Right about now the Order would be trying to have a meeting. Trying because he'd been missing for two days, he'd apperated all over and used magic leaving a false trail so no one could track him here. He'd broke all of Albus' spells on him along the way, and trying because Remus should be locking down all of the Black, Potter, and Prince homes that were in Britain. All the money had been moved so no one could touch that. Remus had been given authority to do this if Severus had gone missing for two days. Then he was to join them.
